"Sue Nicholls Susan Yvette Nicholls-Eden (born 23 November 1943) is an English actress, known for her long-running role as Audrey Roberts in the British soap opera ""Coronation Street"". Having played Audrey on a recurring basis for six years from the character's debut in 1979, she joined the cast permanently in 1985. She won the 2000 British Soap Award for Best Comedy Performance and the 2003 British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance. Notable roles for Nicholls-Eden prior to ""Coronation Street"" include, ""Crossroads"" from 1964–68 and ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" from 1976–79. She also appeared on Broadway in"
"soon ended in divorce, then to Joan Peart,who died in 1989 after 40 years of marriage, and finally to Helen Christie, who died in 1995. He had two stepdaughters, one each from the second and third marriages. Barron remained active in the profession until his death at the age of 83. John Barron (actor) John Barron (24 December 1920 – 3 July 2004) was an English actor. Although Barron was a familiar face on British television from the 1950s, he is best remembered for his role in the BBC comedy ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79) playing C"
"John Barron (actor) John Barron (24 December 1920 – 3 July 2004) was an English actor. Although Barron was a familiar face on British television from the 1950s, he is best remembered for his role in the BBC comedy ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79) playing C J, Perrin's overbearing boss, later employee. The show also gave Barron the memorable catchphrase, ""I didn't get where I am today by..."". Born in Marylebone, London, Barron was interested in acting from an early age. For his 18th birthday his godfather paid his entry fee to RADA. After serving as a"
"by the Lake, Keswick. More recently she starred in Jemma Kennedy’s ""The Gift"" and Annie Horniman's well-received ""The Price of Coal"" and ""The Old Testament and the New"". Jemma Churchill Jemma Churchill is an English television, theatre, film and radio actress, best known for her roles as Nanny Lyons in ""Upstairs Downstairs"", and Ms Fellows in ""Waterloo Road"". Churchill is the daughter of London-born actor/writer Donald Churchill and Liverpool actress Pauline Yates, best known for her portrayal of Elizabeth Perrin in ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"". Following training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London,"
"the stage in two plays Clever Soldiers, and A Family And A Fortune, with Alec Guinness. Bruce Bould Bruce Bould (born in June 1949 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is an English actor. Bould began his acting career aged 17 at the Birmingham Repertory, before joining RADA. Best known for playing David Harris-Jones in the television sitcom ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"". In 1972 he met and married Theresa Watson who plays David's wife Prue in Series Three and Four. Other TV credits include ""Z-Cars"", ""The Good Life"", ""The New Avengers"", ""To the Manor Born"", ""Shelley"", ""Howards' Way"", ""Drop"
"and she embarked on a career in a cabaret, performing her solo act all over the country. She returned to the stage in a variety of popular plays and pantomimes. During the 1970s, she had two very different stints abroad. In Vienna she sang between strip acts at a nightclub while in 1976 she toured America and Canada with the Royal Shakespeare Company in ""London Assurance"", finishing with a six-week run on Broadway. She played the role of the secretary, Joan Greengross (later Webster and Millbeck) in the sitcom ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79) and its sequel"
"in 1998. Nobbs died on 8 August 2015 aged 80. He was survived by his second wife and four step-children. David Nobbs David Gordon Nobbs (13 March 1935 – 8 August 2015) was an English comedy writer, best known for writing the 1970s series ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"", adapted from his own novels. Nobbs was born in Petts Wood, London. Following an education at Marlborough College and St John's College, Cambridge, he worked as a reporter for the ""Sheffield Star"", before starting his career in comedy as a writer for ""That Was The Week That Was"" in"
"on incidents at actual stations along the railway from Norbiton and Kingston to Waterloo. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is a series of novels written by David Nobbs. He also adapted them for a British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role. It was produced from 1976 to 1979. He adapted the screenplay for the first series from the novel. Some of its subplots were considered too dark or risqué for television and were toned down or omitted. The story concerns a middle-aged middle manager, Reginald ""Reggie"" Perrin, who reveals"
"and Gaiters"", ""The Saint"", ""Department S"", ""Doomwatch"", ""Timeslip"", ""Potter"", ""To the Manor Born"", ""Whoops Apocalypse"" and ""Yes Minister"". Although he had long-running roles in popular dramas like the police series ""Softly, Softly"" (where he played the assistant chief constable between 1967–69), his best known role was in the situation comedy ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"", which began in 1976, and starred Leonard Rossiter as the title character. Barron's character, CJ (Charles Jefferson), was Perrin's overbearing boss, famous for the catchphrase ""I didn't get where I am today by..."". He even used this in a TV commercial filmed for"
"lengthy battle with cancer. Trevor Adams Trevor Michael Adams (19 May 1946 – 15 December 2000) was a British actor, best remembered for his portrayal of Tony Webster in the BBC series ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79), whom he played throughout its entire run, and Alan in ""The Wedding Party"" (1975), an episode of ""Fawlty Towers"". Adams attended the then Harold Hill Grammar School, in Harold Hill, Essex from 1957 to 1964, and played leading roles in a number of school plays. Later he trained at RADA and was a member of the National Youth Theatre. He"
"Jemma Churchill Jemma Churchill is an English television, theatre, film and radio actress, best known for her roles as Nanny Lyons in ""Upstairs Downstairs"", and Ms Fellows in ""Waterloo Road"". Churchill is the daughter of London-born actor/writer Donald Churchill and Liverpool actress Pauline Yates, best known for her portrayal of Elizabeth Perrin in ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"". Following training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, Churchill spent a year singing in pubs and working men's clubs in the East End under the name 'Jemma Churchill - the Cockney Sparrow'. Churchill is married to"
"God"" (1992–94). Other television appearances include ""Foyle's War"": ""War Games"" (2003) as James Philby, as the pilot of a doomed holiday jet in the ""Casualty"" episode ""Cascade"" (1992), and as Mark's careers guiadance counsellor and therapist in the ""Peep Show (TV Series)"" episode ""Dream Job"" (2003). Tim Preece Tim Preece (born 5 August 1938) is an English actor, prominent in 1970s television. Preece was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He played Tom Patterson in the first two series of ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–77) and ""The Legacy Of Reginald Perrin"" (1996) and also had a role in the"
"in many films, the former on film in ""Hell Drivers"" (1957), the latter on television in ""Big Breadwinner Hog"" (1969). He was more prolific in television from the 1960s and played character roles in many series and programmes including ""The Lotus Eaters"" (1972–73) and ""The Duchess of Duke Street"" (1976-77), though is perhaps best known for his role as Doc Morrissey in the BBC sitcom ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79) in which his catchphrase was ""Take two aspirins"". He reprised the role in ""The Legacy of Reginald Perrin"" in 1996. Horsley was also cast in the role"
"Geoffrey Palmer (actor) Geoffrey Dyson Palmer, (born 4 June 1927) is an English actor known for his roles in British television sitcoms playing Jimmy Anderson in ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79), Ben Parkinson in ""Butterflies"" (1978–83) and Lionel Hardcastle in ""As Time Goes By"" (1992–2005). His film appearances include ""A Fish Called Wanda"" (1988), ""The Madness of King George"" (1994), ""Mrs. Brown"" (1997), and ""Tomorrow Never Dies"" (1997). Palmer's early television appearances included a variety of roles in Granada Television's ""The Army Game"", two episodes of ""The Baron"" and as a property agent in ""Cathy Come Home""."
"Bruce Bould Bruce Bould (born in June 1949 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is an English actor. Bould began his acting career aged 17 at the Birmingham Repertory, before joining RADA. Best known for playing David Harris-Jones in the television sitcom ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"". In 1972 he met and married Theresa Watson who plays David's wife Prue in Series Three and Four. Other TV credits include ""Z-Cars"", ""The Good Life"", ""The New Avengers"", ""To the Manor Born"", ""Shelley"", ""Howards' Way"", ""Drop the Dead Donkey"" and ""As Time Goes By"". After many bit-parts on TV, he returned to"
"on to become the first great 'double act' of the series, and following the series' early success, Jack and Annie's two children were introduced - Billy (Ken Farrington) and Joan (June Barry), who arrived for Joan's wedding to teacher Gordon Davies (Calvin Malone) in 1961. In 1983, a year of immense change for ""Coronation Street"", the ""Daily Mirror"" published a story claiming that Doris Speed was many years older than she had claimed. Speed collapsed on seeing the article and was quickly written out of the show to give the elderly actress time to recover. Shortly afterwards however, her home"
"Leonard Rossiter Leonard Rossiter (21 October 1926 – 5 October 1984) was an English actor. He had a long career in the theatre but achieved his greatest fame for his television comedy roles, most notably starring as Rupert Rigsby in the ITV series ""Rising Damp"" from 1974 to 1980, and Reginald Perrin in the BBC's ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" from 1976 to 1979. Rossiter was born on 21 October 1926 in Wavertree, Liverpool, the second son of Elizabeth (née Howell) and John Rossiter. The family lived over the barber shop owned by his father. He was educated"
"David Nobbs David Gordon Nobbs (13 March 1935 – 8 August 2015) was an English comedy writer, best known for writing the 1970s series ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"", adapted from his own novels. Nobbs was born in Petts Wood, London. Following an education at Marlborough College and St John's College, Cambridge, he worked as a reporter for the ""Sheffield Star"", before starting his career in comedy as a writer for ""That Was The Week That Was"" in the early 1960s. He wrote for many of Britain's comedy performers over the years, including Kenneth Williams, Frankie Howerd, Les"
"The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is a series of novels written by David Nobbs. He also adapted them for a British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role. It was produced from 1976 to 1979. He adapted the screenplay for the first series from the novel. Some of its subplots were considered too dark or risqué for television and were toned down or omitted. The story concerns a middle-aged middle manager, Reginald ""Reggie"" Perrin, who reveals himself in the first series to be aged 46, who is driven to bizarre"
"Chris Gascoyne Christopher ""Chris"" Gascoyne (born 31 January 1968) is an English actor, who is known for his role as the seventh Peter Barlow in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"" since 2000. Gascoyne has been nominated for several accolades at the British Soap Awards for his portrayal of Peter Barlow. Gascoyne was born in 1968 in Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, to Marian and Derrick Gascoyne. Gascoyne trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. One of his earliest roles was as Judd on Central TV's children's program Murphy's Mob. Gascoyne has acted in numerous television dramas, including the 1988 Central Television"
"Getting a major break in John Osborne's ""West of Suez"" at the Royal Court with Ralph Richardson, he then acted in major productions at the Royal Court and for the National Theatre Company and was directed by Laurence Olivier in J. B. Priestley's ""Eden End"". Palmer found the play so boring, however, that it put him off a stage career for good. Two sitcom roles brought him attention in the 1970s: the hapless brother-in-law of Reggie Perrin in ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79), and the phlegmatic Ben Parkinson in Carla Lane's ""Butterflies"" (1978–83). He has continued to"
"Pauline Yates Pauline Lettice Yates (16 June 1929 – 21 January 2015) was an English actress, best known for playing Elizabeth Perrin in the BBC television sitcom ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"". She also starred in ""Bachelor Father"" and ""Keep It in the Family"". Yates was born in St Helens, Lancashire, on 16 June 1929. She began her acting career by joining Oldham Rep straight after leaving Childwall Valley High School for Girls. At the age of 17 she made her stage debut in a dramatised version of ""Jane Eyre"", playing ""Grace Poole"". In 1957 Yates was cast"
"appeared as a vicar in John Cleese's film ""A Fish Called Wanda"" as well as in ""Le Pétomane"" and ""The Last Remake of Beau Geste"". Roland MacLeod Roland MacLeod (1935 – 3 April 2010) was an English actor of film and television. He was born in London. His television credits include ""Coronation Street"", ""Softly, Softly"", ""Ripping Yarns"", ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"", ""Sykes"", ""Please Sir!"", ""Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em"", ""Marty"", ""Broaden Your Mind"" and ""The Goodies"". He also made some appearances in series three of ""Grange Hill"" as a slightly comical workman sporting a comb over, often"
"low. She had been a popular actress in Britain throughout the 1970s and 1980s, but hadn't made a film since 1988 and had not appeared on television since 1989. The film served as a comeback of sorts for her, and the following year she landed the role of Doreen Heavey in the British soap opera ""Coronation Street"". Gee's character in the film mirrored herself slightly in that both were fading stars and both were trained to act at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and studied Shakespeare. Writer and director Len Richmond managed to cast actors Michael York,"
"Trevor Adams Trevor Michael Adams (19 May 1946 – 15 December 2000) was a British actor, best remembered for his portrayal of Tony Webster in the BBC series ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79), whom he played throughout its entire run, and Alan in ""The Wedding Party"" (1975), an episode of ""Fawlty Towers"". Adams attended the then Harold Hill Grammar School, in Harold Hill, Essex from 1957 to 1964, and played leading roles in a number of school plays. Later he trained at RADA and was a member of the National Youth Theatre. He spent a year at"
"Colin Edwynn Colin Edwynn (23 September 1933 – 31 October 2018) was an actor who appeared as PC Jimmy Conway in the British television soap opera ""Coronation Street"" between 1967 and 1972. He appeared in several episodes of the long running BBC Radio comedy ""The Clitheroe Kid"" as Mr Humphrey Brocklebank. He has also appeared in the television series ""Bergerac"" and ""Heartbeat"". Edwynn had a minor role to play in the television situation-comedy series ""Dinnerladies"" as the character Bert (Season 2; Episode 1: ""Catering""). Since 1981 he has run the Queen's Head pub in Tebworth, Bedfordshire. There is a very"
"in Europe he had various jobs, worked in repertory theatres in England and appeared in West End plays including ""Alfie."" George Waring (actor) George Waring (20 February 1925 – 15 February 2010) was a British television actor from 1962 to 2000. He also had occasional feature film credits. He was best known for appearing on ""Coronation Street"" as Arnold Swain, the bigamist husband of Emily Bishop in 1980. Earlier in the 1970s he appeared in ""Crown Court"", the long running ITV courtroom drama series. He also appeared in an episode of the early ""Doctor Who"" series. He attended Ducie High"
"guest appearance in ""Mr Selfridge"". In 2016, he appeared in the Netflix series ""The Crown"". His film credits include roles in ""I Can't Get Started"" (1985), ""The Punisher"" (1989), ""The Delinquents"" (1989) opposite Kylie Minogue, ""Blue Ice"" (1992), ""Jefferson in Paris"" (1995), ""Spy Game"" (2001), ""The Final Curtain"" (2002) and ""Flyboys"" (2006). Boyce lives in London. Todd Boyce Todd Boyce (born July 1, 1961) is an Anglo-American actor known for playing amongst other roles the character Stephen Reid in the British television soap opera ""Coronation Street"". Todd was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of a business manager. Raised in"
"and Jack Walker (Arthur Leslie) were feared dead but survived. One person died in the ordeal. It was this storyline, and its limits because of filming outdoor scenes in the studio, that prompted the Street's bosses to create an outdoor set. The storyline was repeated in 2010 to celebrate the soap's 50th Anniversary only this time it was a tram rather than a train crashing into the street. Anne Reid joined the cast of ""Coronation Street"" in August 1961 on a temporary basis. She left the soap in November but her character had been popular, especially the storyline centred around"
"Margot Bryant Kathleen Mary Margaret Bryant (8 March 1897 – 1 January 1988), professionally known as Margot Bryant was an English actress, of stage, television and film best known for playing Minnie Caldwell on the soap opera ""Coronation Street"" from its inception in 1960 until 1976 (episode 1589). The daughter of general practitioner Dr. William Arthur Bryant, Bryant moved to London with her parents on completing her education. There, she became interested in theatre, and appeared in the chorus lines of various productions before moving on to musical comedies. She also appeared in a number of films, such as ""The"
"David Crellin David Crellin (born 1961) is an English actor. Crellin, who was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, is known for roles in ""Emmerdale"" as Billy Hopwood, BBC 2's BAFTA award-winning series ""The Cops"" as Alan Wakefield, and ""Coronation Street"" as gangster Jimmy Clayton. He also starred as Jimmy Grainger in the first series of ""Waterloo Road"" on BBC One. Signed to British independent record label Everyday Records 2008, Crellin recorded a debut EP ""Innocent Bystander"". In 2010 he returned to ""Coronation Street"" in another role; that of Colin Fishwick, a teacher friend of John Stape. David trained"
"Ken Farrington Kenneth William Farrington (born 18 April 1936) is an English actor. Farrington was born in Dulwich, South London, and attended Alleyn's School. He was married to actress Patricia Heneghan from 1961–81, with whom he has two children. Farrington first came to prominence playing the role of Billy Walker, wayward son of publican Annie, in ITV's long-running soap opera, ""Coronation Street"". He joined the series in 1961, continuing in the role on and off until leaving the show for good in 1984. Farrington played long-suffering Chief Inspector Teal's right-hand man in the TV series ""The Saint"", and also appeared"
"Milton Johns Milton Johns (born 13 March 1938) is an English actor whose thin features and talent for obsequious or oily characters has often influenced the many television parts he has received. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. John Robert Milton was born in Bristol, England. He is known for being in ""Happy Families (CBBC)"" (1989) as Mr Alphonso the café manager of Mrs Wobble, ""Coronation Street"" as Brendan Scott (1991–93), the shopkeeper who died of a heart attack while pedaling along the eponymous cobbled street. Other roles have included parts in ""Poldark"", ""Born and Bred"", ""Ever"